Shower of Heavenly Roses

"Miss no single opportunity , of making some small sacrifice here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love..."

ST. THERESE: At the rectory I had the coolest convo w/gloria and hope about St. Therese. Turns out they're big St. Therese fans like me! So I was standing there in Gloria's office for a while juss listening and swapping answered prayers by St. Therese. She was telling me about this time where she was looking for a new car. So she prayed to St. Therese telling her exactly wha she was looking for and wha she needed. Her son calls her telling her bout his neighbor selling their car, so he borrows the car and brings it over so his parents can see it. Well in the passenger side of the car where visor is, there was a prayer card of St. Therese!!! Talk bout crazy! Then Hope came and all 3 of us were talking bout St. Therese stories. I love that Saint, you can learn so much from her. Thanks Lord for making such cool Saints!

CHALLENGES: At work there's this kid who Ive been feeling sorry for. As of recently he's been coming in smelling like well, I'm sure you can figure it out. So lately we've been sending him to the office cuz he stinks. I know its sad, but the smell can be so putrid and strong that I can't stand it. I dont know if it's due to stress or laziness, but it sucks cuz we cant even check cuz we cant touch him. On a brighter note, monday after I was leaving, I told the principal how much I enjoy working w/the teacher I have. So I was telling the teacher that I had mentioned to Lorriane that she picked a good one. She smiled and was like aww, thanks that means a lot. She's a cool person to work with, very open and juss chill. Gosh I couldnt imagine getting such a horrible teacher to work with, I'd complain until there was change!

CONFIRMATION: We had this meeting w/fr. ed tonite about some type upcoming activity we're going to do. Oh man did that meeting seem like forever long. Most of the time I hate missing out on meetings, but sometimes when they start to get too long, my tension span is already gone. Ha its like peanuts cartoons, when the teacher would talk to the kids or any adult would talk to the kids, thas like the same voice I start to hear. I hate when people ask one thing right after the other, so you cant even finish the rest of the stuff on the agenda. ANyway then going into the classroom w/disrespectful kids. I was so real w/them tonite(as if im not errtues. nite)I told them that errone person whos walked into as a guest into my class says it sucks. That you guys are disrespectful and dont listenl, on top of all that I must have the worst confirmation class in all my years of teaching confirmation(which is a lot). Some of them kinda laughed, others were quiet, Im trying to come off tougher and tougher each week w/them. One kid said, 'Mr. Fish, I dont think I've ever seen you crack a smile all year along.' Whatteveerrr! I think if I got the extent of kicking someone out, then maybe it'll send some type of message that I'm serious.

LENT: A season of sacrifice is here, calling us to be faithful to the gospel and turn away from sin. Over the past couple of years, I've come to appreciate this season more. More than juss giving up something, but really trying to refocus and rebuild that relationship w/God. There's this scripture exercise Fr. ed was showing us today that were going to do w/confirmation. It's pretty cool, I think I wanna do it on my own. I think the ashes symoblize so much, more than what lent says, but wha it means to be catholic. I remember when I was younger I was kinda embarassed by the ashes, and hated trying to explain it. Now, its kinda funny cuz you walk around and see people w/ashes and youre like 'hey that person's catholic too!' ahaha

PHONE PROBLEM: For the past couple weeks now, ever since I had this new phone its been sending out random spam mms messages. Ive called on 3 different occasions to cingualr and it's still not working. Ill have people either call me or text me replying back saying, ' I didnt get the picture.' Sometime some of hte messages have been like porn adds to I think. 'Great' Id say to myself people thinking I'm living a double life. Anyway, I called back cingualr today and the tech support person was 10x more helpful then the other ones. She told me she doesnt know why those other foos said it was network problem, when its not. So as a result I'm getting a new sim card tomorrow, and if its still sending out them messages then I may juss get a new phone. Which I'm hoping they'll replace my phone ha since its got scratches and errthang on it already. We'll see wha happens, I juss want teh stupid messages to stop. Its becoming a real nusance.

TOUCHED: One of my confirmation kids put a picture of me 'under heros' on their myspace. I was touched! She said to me that she prays for me all the time and that I need a break. Made me feel all good inside. Even though I may complain a lot, not all of them are bad. I guess I can make it out to be more than it really is. Some of them are really good kids and then there others who I feel like they juss dont give a damn. Man I miss my confirmation class from last year. Yes, we have some rough edges, but at least I was able to communicate to them. Maybe it's the diversity of this year's class. Who knows what it is but I know in the end there's some tangiable reason as to why God put me w/these group of kids.

What am i to do!

"And oh let the river flow..."im done, im out God bless!